One year, I was entrusted by a friend in the publishing industry to help him compile a series of books. The orientation of this book is to collect the speeches of social elites and famous artists from different industries.

I chose a few speeches that I like very much, and went to them to ask for authorization. This process is very interesting.

For example, I wrote an email to Mr. Ji Shisan, the founder of the Scientific Squirrel Society. His answer is very consistent with the professional identity of popular science people. He replied, "I'm sorry. It's been a long time since that speech and I don't want to publish it. So, don't use it. "

That's good. Simple and clear refusal is very efficient. Before refusing, politely apologize, very ok.

Then, I wrote to Ms. Wu Xiaoli asking for authorization. Ms. Wang, the TV presenter of Phoenix Satellite TV, is famous all over the world because she was named to answer the interview at the press conference of former Premier Zhu.

Her answer is the responsibility of her agent. But her agent said that she would communicate with Xiao Li first, so please wait for a reply.

A few days later, I received a reply, and Ms. Wu Xiaoli agreed to include this speech in the book. However, due to the gap of nearly ten years, she made some minor revisions to the original speech and sent the new draft together with the power of attorney.

This speech is aimed at college students. After the bombing of China's embassy in Yugoslavia, she and her colleagues produced an emergency program "China people say no today". Other content is relatively easy, such as her first TV experience, whether to make up for graduation ceremony and so on.

I'm surprised that Ms. Wu Xiaoli checked the revised content so carefully.

Media people are particularly aware of the nature of communication and are very serious about the words that will be printed in books. Once you make a mistake, it is particularly troublesome to write it down in black and white and then modify it.

This is the professional ethics of a professional TV person who has been famous for many years. I admire this rigorous and meticulous work.

Then, I received a reply from Ms. Guan Xiaoxiao. "Thank you for your kindness, but my father can't authorize it at present because of copyright ownership." "Hello, Miss Shen! Copyright belongs to this article. My father signed an exclusive use agreement with a third party, and we have to wait until the end of the contract. Thank you. "

Her father is Mo Yan, whose real name is Guan.

After Mr Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature, he became the object of contention by major publishing houses. His daughter Guan Xiaoxiao is in charge of daily copyright affairs. Reply twice, explain clearly and be polite.

This can actually indirectly reflect Mr. Mo Yan's character.

I'm afraid of comparison. Then I received a reply from another entertainment star, not so polite and gentle. The other party's reply is, "XXX does not authorize any mainland publishing."

Obviously, this is a lie. The star's words have been published. And writing back is a difficult sentence.

In this contrast, culture and education are really closely linked. As for which star, I won't mention the name.

Finally, I received a reply from Mr. Ge Xiongjian. At that time, he was the librarian of Fudan University and the member of the Standing Committee of China People's Political Consultative Conference. He expressed his consent to authorization.

But unlike others, Mr. Ge provided written authorization and mailed it to Wuhan.

The letter was written by himself, signed, dated, headed, signed and intact.

When the post office informed me to pick up the letter, I was still thinking, in this day and age, who would send me a physical letter? Unexpectedly, it is Mr. Ge's power of attorney. After I received it, I forwarded it to Beijing Editorial Center.

In fact, the collection fee of that set of books is very small, only a few thousand words 100 yuan. This is almost negligible for celebrities. The request for authorization in the invitation letter is email reply authorization, mobile phone photo or electronic scanning. It's much simpler than sending a letter by the post office.

In my daily work, I deal with many fellow writers, and the power of attorney is provided by taking photos with my mobile phone or email.

Some younger authors, when providing me with the power of attorney, either forgot to sign the letter, or did not write the date, or the format was wrong. Really, according to the sample format of the power of attorney given, someone made a mistake. I have to ask the other party to make it up again.

I contacted Mr. Ge through Weibo's private letter, which shows that he is no stranger to the use of electronic networks. Compared with Mr. Ge, the older generation of scholars are methodical and meticulous, and I am quite impressed and awe-inspiring.

Marx said: Man is the sum of social relations.

Everyone has different styles of doing things. How to deal with business and work with others, and explain what kind of person this is. Ask for help, use honorifics. Reject others and use more modesty.

These are just small things. However, the attitude towards small things reveals different mentality, which can best explain whether a person is educated or not and whether he is serious in doing things.

What is a negative textbook and what we should learn from it is clear at a glance.

Shen Jiake's Selected Works in Three Volumes

Oriental publishing house 20 17

Selected works of Shen Jiake, a famous essayist in China. Including The World is as Beautiful as You Wish, Don't panic for a long time, There are stars in the distant night sky, etc., including more than 200 American classic essays by Shen Jiake. Nearly 100 articles in the book have been designed as modern reading materials for Chinese examination and have been selected as examination questions for ten consecutive years. Pick every leaf of life with a gentle heart and brew the warmth of the world.